In this week 7 match, on Saturday Sep 17th, Sparta Rotterdam hosts FC Groningen in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Sparta Rotterdam, recorded a 0-3 loss against Feyenoord. Orkun Kökçü struck first for Feyenoord in the 5th minute, then Javairô Dilrosun added another in the 35th minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam couldn’t muster any offence and Feyenoord ran away with the shutout win. Sparta Rotterdam is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed FC Groningen is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against SC Cambuur. Tomáš Suslov struck first for FC Groningen in the 71st minute on a feed from Ricardo Pepi, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, SC Cambuur couldn’t muster any offence and FC Groningen ran away with the shutout win. FC Groningen is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Sparta Rotterdam won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Cyril Ngonge and Jeffrey De Lange are the top scorers for FC Groningen in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Sparta Rotterdam is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Tobias Lauritsen and Vito van Crooy each having 3 goals in their last 5
Maurice Steijn’s Sparta Rotterdam squad will be without Tim Coremans and Koki Saito, while FC Groningen will be without Florian Krüger and Ricardo Pepi.